Moose Drowns In Lake Champlain, Vermont After Being Crowded By Onlookers

[Signingin]

These people should be prosecuted like a murder criminal.

Moose Drowns In Lake Champlain, Vermont After Being Crowded By Onlookers

 

[Jessica Rain]

I was sad to read this.

Our wants trumped its need and our win was its death.

 

[Admiral]

Throw them people in the water and scare them enough to taste the fear of drowning.

 

[Oakley]

Wonder how they must be feeling now?.

 

[papasmerf]

Or it may have had a Brain Parasite, as the article stated.

 

[Cybermike]

Or it may have had a Brain Parasite, as the article stated.

True on that.

 

[Siodd]

Sheriff Ray Allen reported that the moose made it's way out of the water, exhausted. When it tried to rest, people crowded it and spooked him. According to Fish and Game, when a moose feels threatened it will respond in one of two ways, either leave the area to avoid the threat or respond with aggression. He went back to the water and drowned due to exhaustion. Vermont Fish & Wildlife Warden's Thiel and Currier, Colchester Police Marine Division and the Sheriff's Department responded to remove the moose.

It is amazing to see these creatures, but they are wild animals and should be left alone/viewed from a distance Sheriff Ray Allen told The Islander.
"If you see a large animal like this - please report it to Vermont Fish and Game immediately to avoid this type of situation." Allen said.

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